Wednesday, July 2, 2008

Skate or Die!!!!


Disclaimer: Posting by Donny and Pictures definately by Donny!
I have been skating with my son since he was a month old. I would put him in the snugli until he was too big and then I would hold him. As he got older and braver I would skate with him on my shoulders, standing on the board with me, sitting, and my favorite- the Superman. This is where I hold him about 6 inches above the street horizontally with his arms out in front of him so he flies like superman. I know all you mom's are thinking I can't believe Randi lets him do that! Well you can spend your whole life being careful and then look back on your whole life and realize you never lived or you can take some chances, have a lot of fun, and suffer a few scrapes along the way. Well a few days ago we had our first accident and our first scrapes along the way. We were doing Superman when my weight shifted a little too far forward and both of us slid down our street(Jeven on his side and me on my back-with no shirt!). I was most bummed because I feared I lost the trust of my son. I wanted him always to feel safe in my arms. Get this: the very next day he said, "Daddy, lets go ride the skateboard and do Superman, but just don't drop me." Unbelievable! If only we trusted our Heavenly Father half as much as my innocent boy trusts his Daddy. And guess what? Like my brother Aaron said after I told him this, "Isn't it great that He will never drop us?!"



4 comments:

BETHANY said...

Love it! Having fun means getting banged up occasionally. At our house we dub those events "Weathersby Wipeouts". :)

Eischens said...

I am not ready for those days...I don't even like seeing other kids think about pushing Maddie!

The Boehme (pronounced Bay-me) family said...

Yipes! I can't imagine a baby in a Snugli pack on a skateboard! You are so daring...I bet if the Snugli people got ahold of this blog they'd add it to a warning message on the packaging..."CAUTION: DO NOT SKATEBOARD WITH BABY IN SNUGLI" Hee hee! How cool that you guys have that fun way to hang out.

The Parlas said...

um, I think that is called child abuse, just kidding man I'm glad to hear you are both living the dream.